Chapter 222 – Zombie Apocalypse 3 (7)

How did Master Yanwang endure watching me practice?

After sending Naeun a little bit of energy so that he could absorb the negative mana, and watching him do good luck, I naturally looked at my smartphone.

Although it is not easy to pursue hobbies in Moorim, I was grateful that Master Yeomwang gave me his full attention.

After finishing her breakfast, Naeun opened her eyes and said to me as she caught her breath.

“Sian, shouldn’t we be doing something else besides this?”

“It would be more effective to do spearmanship and basic physical training at the same time. Fortunately, you are good at both.”

“That’s right. I understand why you said meditating is the best way to become stronger.”

If your physical abilities are complete, increasing your mana is an efficient way.

Naeun slightly stretched out his stomach to me, and I created negative mana and gently pushed it into Naeun’s Danjeon.

And Naeun’s good fortune begins again.

“But is it okay to continue this indefinitely?”

When I was training Yeonyeomshingong, I was able to withstand the intense heat for about 8 hours once I did it, but to be honest, I don’t really know how to do Yeomengong.

She wanted to ask Zhuge Xian, who could be said to be the founder, so even if she was possessed within an hour, the place was quite far away, so it was a matter of her going to ask.

After all, a proper means of communication is important? As long as you have a phone, you don’t have to worry about where Master Yeomwang has gone.

Wouldn’t it be possible to make a huge amount of money by making and selling magic communication tools with the feeling that you have figured out something from a monster? I’ll have to think about how to make it without getting caught.

*

I had a peaceful morning except for a visit from Hyorim High School.

I came to the mart for lunch, and Choi Seong-tae gathered everyone in the mart and started talking.

“Currently, three meals a day are distributed, but we plan to reduce it to two. Instead, we will not eliminate breakfast altogether, but will reduce it to making light rice balls so that the group that has to go on patrol or those who are hungry and have not yet adapted can eat.”

It can be said that rice is the most abundant thing in the supermarket right now, and I think I made that choice because it needs to be consumed first in order to achieve balance.

There are definitely people who are relatively active, so I don’t think it’s a bad idea to do it like that.

A slightly older man who heard the story raised his hand.

“Is there really a reason to do that? I think it’s enough for us to make a living.”

“I want to see it a little longer. The situation where zombies fall from the sky at will end in 17 days, but there is no guarantee that will actually happen. And even if it ends, will we be able to immediately plant a field, raise livestock, and make meat? When we have enough survival supplies. I think we should save it.”

When I said that what we have to endure is not 30 days, but when food is produced again, the elderly person who asked also nodded.

And as the people at the supermarket started talking, Dujin Lee, who manages the vegetable garden, raised his hand.

The sprouts haven’t sprouted properly yet, but I’m spraying water every day.

“Then wouldn’t it be a good idea to make the field bigger? The car wash’s garden will run out after about three attempts.”

“I’m thinking about that too. I’m thinking about covering the supermarket’s rooftop with dirt. What do you think?”

“Yes, yesterday I saw zombies trampling on the garden. It looks like the rooftop of the supermarket has done more to prevent the zombies from doing what they want!”

Public opinion spread that Choi Seong-tae’s proposal was good, and soon everyone agreed to expand the field in a new location on the supermarket rooftop.

“Good. Then, the reserve personnel who have time in the afternoon will do the work of scooping up the dirt.”

“Okay. Let’s go visit sometime.”

“That’s right. We can’t just send out another patrol team.

Fortunately, the mart’s reserve staff responded positively, even though it was physically demanding work.

At that time, Seongtae Choi looked at me and said.

“Mr. Xian, could you come by for a moment?”

When I approached Seongtae Choi, he whispered to me in a low voice.

“What did you do to my face?”

“Surgery without a knife? Have you taken the bandages off?”

“Yes. It’s not all better, but it’s still acceptable now.”

“I’ll do it sometimes. It’s hot, so I have to take the bandage off in the summer.”

“Thank you so much.”

Seongtae Choi briefly bowed his head and said.

“Seongtae, I’m going to go scoop up dirt too. This isn’t leaving the supermarket, right?”

“Yes. I actually wanted to ask you a favor. Please protect the people at the mart.”

After that short conversation, when I returned to Naeun, Naeun asked in a low voice.

“Didn’t Seongtae Choi notice that you went to college at night?”

“That’s not it. I fixed your face a little bit.”

In a way, it showed me that there is a power more powerful than killing people.

“Didn’t you say that was difficult last time?”

It was not possible to use heat to enhance natural healing ability, but we used Shadow Craft to create a magic circle.

“I tried it once, and it worked.”

“Really? You’ll do it even when I’m hurt?”

“You are absolutely number one.”

I pulled Naeun into my arms, hugged her gently, and then let her go.

Let’s go to work after lunch.

*

We consulted the map and came to a park slightly off the patrol route.

Even when I was dating Naeun, I never thought we would come to scoop up dirt at a park we have never been to.

Last time, there were traces of the dirt we had dug up to create a vegetable garden at the car wash, and on that spot, we diligently scooped dirt into rice bags again.

The mart people were sweating profusely and having a hard time due to the hot weather and hard work, so to reduce the burden on the people, they helped by doing things they were not used to doing, such as shoveling.

Although I lacked skills, I had a lot of stamina, so I did a lot of work faster than others, and after about an hour, I was able to fill almost all the bags of dirt I brought.

I asked a member of the patrol team who participated in this work last time.

“Is this at the level of a car wash garden?”

“Whew. That will happen.”

Since the supermarket’s rooftop is much larger, wouldn’t the work have to be repeated about four times?

“Mr. Xian, after we finish today’s work, can we wash our hands at the sink at the car wash? The water stream in the bathroom is weak.”

“Yes. It’s okay. It’s no different from public property.”

Another worker asked me, sweating profusely, and I readily agreed.

As I was loading bags of dirt into a supermarket cart and dragging it to the supermarket, I started missing my car.

Still, I’m really glad that there is a supermarket cart. It would have been really terrible if I had to carry a bag of dirt from the park to the supermarket.

“Sian, do I have to take this to the rooftop of the supermarket and spray it again? It’s going to take longer than I thought.”

“I didn’t know because we didn’t do it last time, but it’s definitely hard work.”

“That’s right. If you try to do it by hand, nothing is really easy.”

While talking with Naeun, I brought a cart full of soil to the mart, and the people who remained in the mart began to diligently carry the bags of soil to the rooftop.

While we sprinkled the dirt we had pulled out onto the roof, the workers relaxed inside the supermarket.

After confirming that all the soil had been sprinkled, and the empty bags had been placed back on the cart, we went back to the park to scoop up the soil and when we returned, the day was over.

“I didn’t do anything today, but time flies.”

“Everyone else is dying? You’re the only one alive.”

Naeun, who was given the task of holding a spear and protecting people instead of working, said.

He himself had never faced a zombie today, so his stamina was full.

Men covered in sweat drove carts filled with dirt bags into the supermarket, rushed to the car wash, and turned on the water at the sink.

People who came back from work under the cool water flowing from the end of the rubber hose took off their tops and started showering instead of their backs, and I slightly covered Naeun’s eyes.

“Huh? I can’t look?”

“No. I’m resting in the office with the fan on.”

“Hehe. I understand.”

After receiving the spear from Naeun, I watched the workers shed their sweat and fatigue.

After a quick shower, the workers said hello to me and returned to the supermarket.

“But I don’t think I saw any zombies today?”

I felt a little uncomfortable.

So I immediately took out my smartphone and contacted Seongtae Choi.

“Seongtae, how many search team zombies did you kill today?”

“Mr. Xian, wait a moment.”

I heard the sound of paper being turned and immediately heard the answer.

“That’s all three in the morning.”

“Usually, there were about eight of them per hour, right?”

“It was like that until now. We have been consistently reporting eight birds in about two hours, but today there have been no more since two this morning.”

“It was like that when we went on an expedition to scoop up dirt. Normally, at least one or two zombies would have appeared, but something’s strange, right?”

“I didn’t know you’d find it strange that no zombies came out, but I might hear a strange noise again in the early morning.”

We have already become accustomed to this strange situation, as there is anxiety that if there is peace, there will be trouble.

“Mr. Xian, shall we prepare in advance?”

“If something happens, I think it will be okay to do it from then on.”

“I understand. Mart can respond immediately even if the situation changes.”

I don’t know what it’s like in other places, but the supermarket was reliable.

*

“When I think like that, I feel like I’m gathering strength.”

That’s how she reacted after hearing Naeun talk to Choi Seongtae.

“Honestly, fighting 8 zombies every 2 hours is easier than fighting 40 zombies that appear at once 10 hours later.”

“That’s right. You, too, would be in trouble if there were a lot of numbers. Defeating extremely strong zombies by yourself.”

“Because you could get infected with a blind attack.”

I have mana and a homeostasis skill, so I probably won’t be infected, but it’s still better to be careful.

Naeun also nodded when I told him to be careful of infection.

“Should I try not to sleep until 12 o’clock?”

“For now, I think so.”

*

When I opened my eyes after using Yeonyeong Shinkong (連影神功), it was just before midnight.

Naeun said he wasn’t going to sleep, but he was already asleep as if he was leading a good life.

As she watched, her heart sank, and she began to hear a voice in her head that she wished she could not hear.

Let’s hear what they say.